Thursday, May 8, 2014

FSF Challenge - Doors

What it’s all about: Five Sentence Fiction is about packing a powerful punch in a tiny fist. Each week Lillie posts one word for inspiration, then anyone wishing to participate will write a five sentence story based on the prompt word.

Into this house we're born, into this world we're thrown...

Oblivious To Oblivion

As the students and teachers made their way out of the designated shelter rooms in the center of the school, the principal remarked how they had all survived the tornado with just a few minor injuries even though the storm had blown out most of the doors and windows, and water and mud were everywhere.
"All except for Kyle," a girl replied, nearly in tears.
"He was outside during the storm?"
"He was going to sneak into one of the dugouts at the ball field for a, uh, a smoke," one of the boys offered with trepidation.
As they marched toward the exit to begin a search, Kyle strutted in where the doors had been, and upon seeing the others staring, pulled out his earbuds to say, "What?" as the voice of Jim Morrison poured from the tiny speakers.

Interesting how some people are willing to take risks...to take a pre-aged smoke of a cigarette or even worse a marijuana joint. But why??? The only question I've got is: WHO IS JIM MORRISON, the voice we hear coming out of Kyle's earbuds???I enjoyed reading this.

Jim Morrison was a poet and singer for the rock band The Doors. It's sort of a pun in this story, especially since one of their most famous songs was Riders on the Storm. That might just have been the song that was playing! It all ties together with the prompt!

I can't say too much there... I can't tell you how many times people ask if I've seen that new movie with (fill in name of actor/actress) and I have no clue who they are talking about! The same for a lot of singers and bands!

BTW, I'm still thinking about the "Snooze Button Mathematics" from http://writingfromthelighthouse.blogspot.com/2014/04/in-which-is-for-alarm.html . I'm sure I'll figure out a way to work that into my blog someday.